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Puntarenas Province, Costa Ricai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Puntarenas Province | Province |
| Costa Rica | Country |
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Type:
Largest Settlements:
| Place | Population |
|---|---|
| Puntarenas | 35,650 (2016) |
| Chacarita | 26,354 (2016) |
| Esparza | 15,575 (2016) |
| Buenos Aires | 11,680 (2016) |
| Quepos | 7,810 (2016) |
| Corredor | 7,084 (2018) |
Other Languages:
French:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
German:
Provinz Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Italian:
provincia di Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Russian:
ÐŅÐ―ŅаŅÐĩÐ―Ð°Ņ, ÐÐūŅŅа-Ð ÐļКа
Simplified Chinese:
čŽåĄé·įšģæŊį, åĨæŊčūūéŧå
Spanish:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Arabic:
ØĻŲŲØŠØ§ØąŲŲØ§Øģ, ŲŲØģØŠØ§ØąŲŲØ§
Armenian:
ÕÕļÖÕķÕŋÕĄÖÕĨÕķÕĄÕ―, ÔŋÕļÕ―ÕŋÕĄ ÕÕŦÕŊÕĄ
Basque:
Puntarenas , Costa Rica
Bengali:
āĶŠā§āĶĻā§āĶāĶūāͰā§āĶĻāĶūāĶļ āĶŠā§āͰāĶĶā§āĶķ, āĶā§āĶļā§āĶāĶū āͰāĶŋāĶāĶū
Bulgarian:
ÐŅÐ―ŅаŅÐĩÐ―Ð°Ņ, ÐÐūŅŅа Ð ÐļКа
Catalan:
ProvÃncia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Cebuano:
Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Croatian:
Puntarenas, Kostarika
Czech:
Puntarenas, Kostarika
Danish:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Dutch:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Esperanto:
Puntarenas, Kostariko
Farsi/Persian:
اØģØŠØ§Ų ŲūŲŲØŠØ§ØąŲاØģ, ÚĐØ§ØģØŠØ§ØąÛÚĐØ§
Finnish:
Puntarenasin maakunta, Costa Rica
Georgian:
ááĢááĒáá ááááĄáᥠáá áááááŠáá, áááĄáĒá-á ááá
Greek:
ÎÏÎąÏÏÎŊÎą Î ÎŋÏ
Î―ÏÎąÏÎÎ―ÎąÏ, ÎÏÏÏÎą ÎĄÎŊΚι
Gujarati:
āŠŠāŠĻāŦāŠāŠūāŠ°āŦāŠĻāŠūāŠļ āŠŠāŦāŠ°āŠūāŠāŠĪ, āŠāŦāŠļāŦāŠāŠū āŠ°āŠŋāŠāŠū
Hebrew:
ŨĪŨŨ ŨŨĻŨ ŨĄ, Ũ§ŨŨĄŨŨ ŨĻŨŨ§Ũ
Hindi:
āĪŠāĪāĪāĪūāΰāĨāĪĻāĪļ āĪŠāĨāΰāĪūāĪāĪĪ, āĪāĨāĪļāĨāĪāĪū āΰāĨāĪāĪū
Indonesian:
Provinsi Puntarenas, Kosta Rika
Japanese:
ããģãŋãŽããđå·, ãģãđãŋãŠãŦ
Judaeo-Spanish:
Puntarenas, Kosta Rika
Kannada:
āēŠāēāēāē°āģāēĻāēūāēļāģ āēŠāģāē°āēūāēāēĪāģāēŊ, āēāģāēļāģāēāēū āē°āēŋāē
Korean:
ížíë ëėĪ ėĢž, ė―ėĪíëĶŽėđī
Latvian:
Puantarenasas province, Kostarika
Lithuanian:
Puntarenaso provincija, Kosta Rika
Malay:
Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Marathi:
āĪŠāĪāĪāĪūāΰāĨāĪĻāĪļ āĪŠāĨāΰāĪūāĪāĪĪ, āĪāĨāĪļāĨāĪāĪū āΰāĪŋāĪāĪū
Nahuatl:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Northern Frisian:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Northern Sami:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Norwegian:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Polish:
Puntarenas, Kostaryka
Portuguese:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Quechua:
Puntarenas pruwinsya, Kustarika
Serbian:
ÐŅÐ―ŅаŅÐĩÐ―Ð°Ņ, ÐÐūŅŅаŅÐļКа
Serbo-Croatian:
Puntarenas, Kostarika
Sinhalese:
āķīā·āķąā·āķ§āķŧā·āķąā·ā·ā· āķīā·
ā·āķ, āķā·ā·ā·āķ§ āķŧā·āķā·
Swedish:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Tamil:
āŪŠāŊāŪĐāŊāŪāŪ°āŊāŪĐāŪļāŊ āŪŪāŪūāŪāŪūāŪĢāŪŪāŊ, āŪāŊāŪļāŊāŪāŊāŪāŪū āŪ°āŪŋāŪāŊāŪāŪū
Telugu:
ā°Šāąā°ā°ā°ūā°°āąā°Ļā°ūā°ļāą ā°Šāąā°°ā°ūā°ĩā°ŋā°Ļāąā°ļāą, ā°āąā°ļāąā°ā°ūā°°āąā°ā°ū
Thai:
āļāļąāļāļŦāļ§āļąāļāļāļļāļāļāļēāđāļĢāļāļąāļŠ, āļāļĢāļ°āđāļāļĻāļāļāļŠāļāļēāļĢāļīāļāļē
Traditional Chinese:
čŽåĄé·įīæŊį, åĨæŊééŧå
Turkish:
Puntarenas , Kosta Rika
Ukrainian:
ÐŅÐ―ŅаŅÐĩÐ―Ð°Ņ, ÐÐūŅŅа-Ð ÐļКа
Urdu:
ŲūŲŲØŠØ§ØąÛŲØ§Øģ ØĩŲØĻÛ, ÚĐŲØģŲđØ§ØąÛÚĐØ§
Vietnamese:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Waray:
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Welsh:
Talaith Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities16 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| â Arsenolite Formula: As2O3 Description: Found by Daniele Trogolo Got in 1988 References: |
| â Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| â Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| â Covellite Formula: CuS |
| â Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 References: |
| â Goethite Formula: Fe3+O(OH) |
| â Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| â 'Limonite' |
| â Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| â Native Arsenic Formula: As Description: Found by Daniele Trogolo Got in 1988 References: |
| â Native Gold Formula: Au |
| â Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
| â Opal var. Opal-CT Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
| â Pararealgar Formula: As4S4 Description: Found by Daniele Trogolo Got in 1988 References: |
| â Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| â Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 |
| â Quartz Formula: SiO2 Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region. |
| â Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
| â Quartz var. Smoky Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| â Realgar Formula: As4S4 Description: Found by Daniele Trogolo Got in 1988 References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| â | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| â | Native Arsenic | 1.CA.05 | As |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| â | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
| â | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| â | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| â | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| â | Realgar | 2.FA.15a | As4S4 |
| â | Pararealgar | 2.FA.15b | As4S4 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| â | Goethite | 4.00. | Fe3+O(OH) |
| â | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| â | Arsenolite | 4.CB.50 | As2O3 |
| â | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| â | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| â | var. Smoky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| â | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| â | var. Opal-CT | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| â | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| â | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| â | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| â | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Fossils
There are 18 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 527 |
|---|---|
| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) |
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 23.0 Ma (Miocene) |
| Stratigraphic Units | Click here to view 10 stratigraphic units. |
| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. |
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 18 fossil localities |
- Puntarenas Province
- Quaternary🐚 Cano Island
- Miocene🐚 CFM Reventazon River
- Miocene🐚 DoÃąa Ana beach
- Cenozoic🐚 El Indio
- Pleistocene🐚 NMB Loc. 17471 - Playa Cocalito
- Miocene🐚 NMB Loc. 17474 - Malpais
- Miocene🐚 NMB Loc. 17570 - Punta Judas
- Pleistocene🐚 NMB Loc. 17739 - Quebrada El Macho [Armuelles Fm]
- Pleistocene🐚 NMB Loc. 17745 - Quebrada El Higo [Armuelles Fm]
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puntarenas_Province |
|---|---|
| Wikidata ID: | Q502170 |
| GeoNames ID: | 3622226 |
Localities in this Region
- Puntarenas Province
- Puntarenas Province
- Montes de Oro Canton
- Pedro creek
- ⭔Puntarenas Canton
- Quebrada Vista
- San Vito
- Tivives
Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect
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- Central American ArcVolcanic Arc
- Central American ForearcAccretionary Complex
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